On and About Town for Sunday, Nov. 17

Nancy Drake, Kelley Coures and Jack Schriber are On and About Town in Evansville.

MOODY VISIT A group of Evansville Philharmonic Chorus members traveled to Louisville to attend a Louisville Orchestra concert recently and catch up with an old friend. Robert Moody, a past Evansville Philharmonic Chorus director and Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra associate conductor, was guest conductor for the concert and the reason for the visit. He is presently the Music Director of the Winston-Salem Symphony (North Carolina) and the Portland Symphony Orchestra (Maine), as well as Artistic Director of Arizona Musicfest. Pictured with Robert Moody front left back, are current and past chorus members Phil Fassett, Linda Palmer, Dan Scavone, Darla Olberding, Toby Roberts and Lynn Carrie. In the front are Moody and Dorcas Newkirk.

RETIREMENT CELEBRATION Joellen Bauer decided it was time to close one door and open another. After nearly 30 years in the medical billing business, she is changing direction and going into body fitness. Her friends and associates at Harding Shymanski Medical Billing invited clients and associates for a party. Posing from left accountant Taylor Atkins, Joellen, Dr. Eric Craig and Dr. Phil Leeds.

PERFECT BIOLOGY Trevor Bowman scored a perfect 800 on the 2013 Biology ECA (End of Course Assessment) State Achievement test. Trevor is a Central High School student in Nancy Kolar’s biology class and is the first student in the history of the school to have reached this achievement. Pictured is Kolar presenting Trevor with an honorary plaque to be displayed in the school.

RED PARTY JUDGES This year’s Red Party, an annual fundraiser benefiting the Tri State Alliance’s AIDS Holiday Project, will feature 12 of the area’s suave, interesting and cool gentlemen, as they compete for the title of Mr. Heavensville. Set for next Friday, November 22 at Tropicana Conference Center, the evening is guaranteed to be a crowd pleaser all the way around. Modeling fashions from House of Bluez and Magic Moments, the contestants will be grilled by four judges, including Shelley Kirk, Connie Robinson and Nancy Bennett. Nancy Drake, also a judge, is not pictured. For more information, see The Red Party site on Facebook or go to http://aidsholidayproject.org/

Monks Visit Wesselman Nature Center After blessing the woods at the Wesselman Nature Center the seven Tibetan monks fixed dinner for a crowd that was eager to meet and talk to the ambassadors of peace and love. Co-coordinator, Cecille Martin, planned a full week that included informances, lectures and well-wishing to the community. After the fast pace the monks got to relax, talk to friends and cook native cuisine for the guests that had filled the Main Hall of the WNC. For John Scott, executive Director of the Wesselman Nature Center, the highlight of the evening was when the Monks showed their appreciation by hosting the dinner. Seen here John Scott, left, is being honored by the Monks.

Thomas C. Fiddick Memorial Lecture Passion is the first word that comes to mind when thinking of Tom Fiddick, UE History teacher, from 1963 to 2002, who died on the day of his retirement. In his honor former students, colleagues and community members have established the Thomas C. Fiddick Memorial Lecture, held annually at the University of Evansville. Appropriately enough this year’s guest speaker, Dr. Olivia Remie Constable, illustrated that same intense passion as she discussed “Changing views of Islam in Spain between the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period.” Immediately after the lecture On and About Town caught up with, left to right, Judy Fiddick, widow of Dr. Fiddick; Logan Gauthier, Sophomore from Union City High School; and Dr. Olivia Remie Constable.

Signature School music Signature School vocal music students filled the Walnut Room of the Tropicana as they presented their annual fundraiser Friends of Signature School. Aside from the lovely and melodious voices of the students, various members of the community added their talents to the energy of the gala. Just before it the show started, we caught up with this group, left to right: Claire Mumford, Anish Pandit, Joanna Fleming, Jean Hitchcock, Tyler Simpson and Long Adams.

The Event Gallery in the Evansville Arts District took on the air of the 1920s this week as Larry Miller brought his invitation only soiree Cafe Berlin downtown. Recreating the Bohemiam atmosphere of the Weimar Republic is no easy task but Larry accomplishes it year after year. Diners enjoyed urban German fare and great music and dancing. Posing in their vintage best are: Gina Moore, Larry Miller and songstress Cary Gray.

Friends of UE Art Visit Matisse Exhibit at IMA University of Evansville students, faculty members and patrons of the Friends of UE Art visited the thought-provoking exhibit of Henri Matisse on display at the Indianapolis Museum of Art [IMA]. Originally, the well over a billion dollar collection was owned by the Cone sisters, Claribel and Etta, and is currently on loan by the Baltimore Museum of Art. Photographed, just outside the Matisse exhibit, are: left to right: Chair and Associate Professor Stephanie Frasier, Art Education and Studio Art student, Lauren Longest and Communication Major, Rino Matsui.